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Samaritas Case Manager - Unaccompanied Children (UC), Long Term Foster Care in Lansing, Michigan
Position has a Vaccination requirement Covid, Flu, TDAP, Varicella, MMR
Do you have a Bachelors degree in social services, social work or related field? Spanish Bilingual Preferred! Must be 21 years old or older at the time of application.
Hybrid Remote Work Environment. Day Shift, Monday -Friday 8:30AM to 5:00PM Some on call work may be required. Annual Salary $50,112.00
Case management for unaccompanied minors. Caseloads in Lansing, Ann Arbor, Detroit
About the Team
The long term foster care program is designed to provide safe, loving care for unaccompanied minors who have come to the US in search of safety, arriving from countries all over the world, but the majority are Central American countries. Youth in this program do not usually have a family member living in the US with whom they can reunify.
Staff in this program work to ensure youth thrive in their foster homes, providing case management, clinical support, educational and life skills support, and specialized training for foster homes. Youth in this program are typically between 12 and 17 years old.
Samaritas provides services to youth who have traveled to the US for safety apart from their family or guardians. These youth are given status in the United States as Unaccompanied Children (UC). The children you will be serving will come from diverse and oftentimes traumatic backgrounds, and are placed in both foster home and group home settings where Samaritas provides case management, therapy, and other supportive services.
The program also helps these youth adjust to the customs and culture of the United States while pursuing their goals of education, English-language learning, and independence. As an Unaccompanied Children (UC) Foster Care Case Manager, you will be responsible for providing casework and supportive services to children in foster care, which includes facilitating any family members identified or referred for potential sponsorship and assisting with sponsorship applications as needed. In addition to casework and supportive services, you will also be responsible for communicating with stakeholders in an effective and timely manner to ensure case continuity.
*This position is expected to function effectively with moderate supervision while following the guidelines given on procedures, along with agency, state, and federal r *